Surjeet
Singh Deol represented Kenya at the 1956 Melbourne and 1960
Rome Olympic Games. He was captain in Melbourne.
Games
City
Phase
Match
Date
Result
Goals
1956
Melbourne
Group
B
2
23.11.1956
Kenya
0 - Australia 2
0
1956
Melbourne
Group
B
3
24.11.1956
Kenya
1 - Great Britain 1
0
1956
Melbourne
Group
B
5
28.11.1956
Kenya
1 - Malaysia 1
0
Final
Standing: 10th
1960
Rome
Group
C
1
29.08.1960
Kenya
1 - Germany 0
0
1960
Rome
Group
C
4
01.09.1960
Kenya
7 - Italy 0
0
1960
Rome
Group
C
6
03.09.1960
Kenya
0 - France 0
0
1960
Rome
Quarter
Final
2
05.09.1960
Kenya
1 - Great Britain 2
0
1960
Rome
Final
Class 5/8
2
08.09.1960
Kenya
1 - Australia 1
1
1960
Rome
Final
Class 5/8 - replay
2
10.09.1960
Kenya
1 - Australia 2
0
Final
Standing: 8th
Surjeet
represented Kenya at Hockey from 1940 until 1962.
He
played for Kenya against the All India Team in 1947/48/50/51;
Tata Touring Team in 1952; Pakistan 1953.
Represented
Kenya Asians at Cricket and Association Football.
Surjeet
meeting the Queen at Melbourne
Surjeet
was a keen sportsman who had played some 500 representative
hockey, cricket and football matches for Kenya Asians.
Surjeet
captained the East African and Kenya hockey sides until 1956.
Surjeet
died on 8th June 1984 in Jagraon, Punjab, India aged 60.
Surjeet
Singh Deol
long
strides of Surjeet
The
player in the middle is Mike Craig, Australia's captain at 1960
Rome Olympic Games.
Mike writes
" The photo (on the left) was taken at the Olympic
Village, Heidelberg, in Melbourne in 1956. Note the 1956 ID
badge on my lapel. My club, Camberwell, played a number of practice
matches against Kenya.
From
left to right in the photo are Gursaran Singh Sehmi (usually
known in the team by his nickname “Cheni”), myself,
and Surjeet Singh Deol, the Captain and very fine centre-half
of the team. In 1981 I visited Surjeet at his home in Nairobi."
Surjeet
Singh Senior and Surjeet Singh Junior in action
